Bicyclus martius

Bicyclus martius, the black bush brown, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of lowland primary forests and secondary growth.

Bicyclus martius
Male B. m. martius, Ghana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Bicyclus
Species:	B. martius
Binomial name
Bicyclus martius (Fabricius, 1793)^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio martius Fabricius, 1793 Bicyclus martius f. viettei Condamin, 1961 Bicyclus sanaos melas Condamin, 1965 Mycalesis sanaos Hewitson, 1866 Mycalesis hintzi Strand, 1912 Mycalesis bibundensis Strand, 1913 Mycalesis completa Gaede, 1915

The larvae feed on Paspalum conjugatum.

Subspecies

• Bicyclus martius martius (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo)
• Bicyclus martius sanaos (Hewitson, 1866) (Nigeria, Bioko, Cameroon, Congo, Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern Sudan, Uganda)

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References

 

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1. "Bicyclus Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. . Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2012-05-15.